Monday, May 21, 2007

Wow! What a fun weekend we had. We left at about 5 pm (0r was it later?) on Friday night, and got back at 7pm on Sunday evening. We all had a blast! The kids were tired this morning when they woke up, so I uncharacteristically let them stay home from school to rest. Here are just a few shots from this weekend. I'll post more later!

Brent had always wanted to go and see a reenactment, and when we lived in Oregon, we went with my parents one time. It was great.

Then, when we moved to Illinois, we went and saw another one ( in Minooka), a few weeks after Jim was born. We were walking around through the confederate camp, and met the guy who plays General Lee. We got to talking with him, and said how neat we thought it all was. He told us to visit the 26th North Carolina Company G, the group his son was with.

We walked over and saw them. They were looking for new recruits, and said they were family friendly. Since that was the last reenactment for the year, Brent said he'd do it the next year.

So last year, Brent did 2 events, then brought us to one close to home. It was awesome. I wanted to do it too. So, we got me a dress, and planned to make stuff for the kids.

By the time Minooka came around the next year, we had everything ready. I had a dress, the kids all had clothes, and we were set. It was a great time.

This year, I have a different dress, one I made myself, and most of the kids have clothes for 2 days. Brent's bought a musket, and we have 3 pup tents. It really is a lot of fun. Dress up and camping. What could be better :)

I have to say...it looks really funny in your last picture of the little girl (not Eme is it?) with Jacob dressed in colonial clothing with her nails painted and holding a cell phone! hehe Couldn't resist!

Bethany these pictures are so neat! It is such a joy to see you guys so often and you always seem to be having great fun! Beautiful costumes, and a great big--"job well done". Looks so period and authentic.

Visitors

I recently discovered the art of DigiScrapping, and must say. I'm hooked. I don't know enough about Photoshop to do anything really neat, but I did figure out WordArt. I LOVE it. And, since my family is getting a little tired of it, I decided to make a different site entirely for the word art. Follow the link below to see my "beautiful" creations. Enjoy!!!